We encourage you to read an interesting multi-author monograph entitled: The future of decentralized electricity distribution networks, prepared under the leadership of Fereidoon Sioshansi. The review of the monograph was prepared by prof. D. Strzałka in cooperation with the Computing Reviews magazine.
Parts of the review:
The book’s 20 chapters, each by different author(s), are organized into four parts. Each chapter is supported by a detailed literature review and, when necessary, long-term historical datasets. Many visualizations of data, tables, figures, photos, calculations, and real-world case studies are included. This convinces the reader that the authors’ analysis, conclusions, and thoughts are based on reliable sources.
Part 1 (four chapters) examines how observed technological advances, especially rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, are changing our views on how electricity can be generated, stored, consumed, aggregated, managed, and optimized. Part 2 (four chapters) shows the new options available to consumers for becoming prosumers, prosumagers, flexumers, and nonsumers, together with new models for microgrids, energy communities, peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading, and virtual power plants. Part 3 (seven chapters) focuses on the migration of consumers from passive to active participants in the energy market. This significantly disrupts the traditional relationships between known notions of generators, transmission, distribution companies, and retailers, which leads to the final important question: What does this mean for the future of electricity prices? Part 4 includes case studies and examples of new emerging services and business models that meet the divergent needs of different types of consumers.
The entire review is available at:
http://www.computingreviews.com/review/review_review.cfm?review_id=147767
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